Collaborative Research Center 1333
Molecular Heterogeneous Catalysis in Confined Geometries
We are delighted to announce that Deven Estes, Deputy Spokesperson & Principal Investigator (PI) in the CRC 1333, has been appointed from junior professor to professor last week by Rector Prof. Peter Middendorf. Deven has joined the University of Stuttgart in late 2019 and is an expert in surface chemistry on metal oxides, specifically in … Read more
On September 19, 2025, CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Patrick Probst from project B04 has successfully defended his dissertation on “Polymerization of Cyclic Olefins and α,β-Diynes by the Action of Group IV N-Heterocyclic Carbene-(NHC) Coordinated Alkylidene and Alkylidyne Complexes” at the Institute of Polymer Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart. Congratulations from all of us at … Read more
A warm welcome to Akash Deshpande who has recently joined the CRC 1333 as a doctoral researcher within the research group of Kenichi Endo. Akash has completed his Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Ulm, where his research focused on light-driven transmembrane electron transfer using ruthenium complexes and oligo-aromatic molecules. Before that, he … Read more
A warm welcome to Patrick Becker! Patrick has recently joined the CRC 1333 administration team and is working as the new head of the CRC 1333’s graduate school as well as supporting the management of events and the writing of the proposal for the third funding period. Patrick studied chemistry in Mainz, Rehovot (Israel), and … Read more
We are happy to announce that CRC 1333 doctoral researcher Samuel van Gele together with Juliane Braig from the theater improv group Kanonenfutter will be leading a Workshop on Dec 4, 2025 during the Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation. They will demonstrate how improvisational theater can be used as a format for science communication – using their show … Read more
From February to April 2025, Patricia Sonnenberg (CRC 1333 researcher at the Macromolecular Institute of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Project B07) visited Professor Masaoka and his team at the Division of Applied Chemistry at Osaka University as part of an international research stay funded by the CRC 1333. In the CRC 1333, all doctoral and postdoctoral … Read more
A warm welcome to Arthur Siegelin! Arthur has recently joined the CRC 1333 as our new Data Steward. He is currently participating in the Franco-German double master’s program between Strasbourg and Stuttgart at the Faculty of Chemistry and will be finishing his studies at the University of Strasbourg. We look forward to working with you, … Read more
We are delighted to announce that the new 500MHz Solid-State NMR spectrometer, funded by the DFG and the University of Stuttgart, was delivered and installed last week. Within the CRC 1333, the spectrometer will be used for materials characterization, catalyst characterization, and diffusion studies. A 400 MHz Solid State NMR has been already available at … Read more
We are proud to share that Yasemin Polikar, responsible for Public Relations and Event Management at the CRC 1333, will give a talk on: “Erschließung neuer Zielgruppen in der Wisskomm – wie man die Generation Z für Wissenschaft begeistern kann”. Her talk will explore how our science exhibition “Was kann Katalyse?” successfully sparked the interest … Read more
The CRC 1333 is happy to welcome Professor Dr. Johann Rohwer from Stellenbosch University, South Africa. He will stay in Stuttgart as a Humboldt Fellow and as a Visiting Professor of Excellence Cluster EXC 2075 and the Collaborative Research Center 1333. Prof. Jürgen Pleiss from project INF of the CRC 1333 hosts him at the Institute … Read more